Cambridge United legend Dion Dublin was among a number of stars who have cast their name in Football League play-off history to be presented to the crowd at Wembley yesterday (May 29).

The celebration was held prior to the Sky Bet Championship play-off final, in which Huddersfield beat Reading 4-3 on penalties following a goalless draw after extra time, to mark the 30th anniversary of the end-of-season deciders.

Dublin has the distinction of being the first scorer in a play-off final at Wembley in 1990 – previous finals had been played over two legs home and away between the competing clubs – when he grabbed the only goal as United beat Chesterfield 1-0 in the Division Four (now League Two) final.

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Reminiscing about the goal on the EFL’s official Twitter feed, Dublin said: “I was at the far post, Stevie Claridge told me to go to the near post, I told him he was wrong.

“The ball went to the near post, I headed it in and I ran over to that corner over there and I just couldn’t believe how important that goal was to the football club, to the fans, to myself and my team-mates.”